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More than a thousand people gathered at the 17th Street Boardwalk in Virginia Beach on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, to break the Guinness World Record for “most people performing cartwheels at the same time.”

1,086 cold cartwheelers were involved in breaking the previous record of 482, set by Schothorst, a community in the Netherlands.

Excalibur Gymnastics organized the event as part of the Excalibur Cup, an international gymnastics competition held at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. (Sarah Hutchins | The Virginian-Pilot)

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Making the Tamayo look easy.

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That was linked by Stick it Media’s summary NCAA post from this past weekend:

Hitting a team score of 440 or better is becoming old hat for three teams in NCAA men’s gymnastics. Now the race is on to see which team will become the first to bust through 450.

Michigan became the 3rd team to crack the 440 barrier this weekend, as they established the nation’s third-best team score of the season (446.15), with their big road win over Ohio State (435.65). Stacey Ervin had a big day for the Wolverines, setting a school record and NCAA season-high on FX (16.15), and placing tied for 3rd on PB (14.70). …

The weekend’s biggest shocker was Iowa’s (428.45) big road win over defending NCAA champs Illinois (428.40). The Hawkeyes won the meet with superior performances on PB and HB, winning team titles on both by a margin of 4.25 points. The Illini suffered a veritable meltdown on PB, scoring a season-low team total of 67.85. …

Top 4 Teams Solidify Rankings in NCAA Men’s Gymnastics

Unlike the Collegiate ladies, Men’s College results are very unpredictable.

With virtually no budget over the last quadrennial, Canada is suddenly a contender in every major international competition.

Congratulations to the coaches of the designated “High Performance” gymnasts across the country.

Arabian Punch Front recently posted gymnast bios:

On The Rise: Team Canada

On The Rise: Team Canada Part 2

I’m anticipating Part 3. … And possibly Part 4. 🙂

Futures Jr and Sr gymnasts at Elite Canada.

Photo by Grace Chiu.

Update – Montage Monday: Team Canada

Lance Ringnald. Back in the day.

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We trained this dismount at my gym, back in the day. Ours were much uglier than this.

GYMmedia:

… the Executive Committee of the International Gymnastics Federaition (F.I.G.) the 37-years old exceptional athlete Oksana CHUSOVITINA is qualified again for her native country Uzbekistan.

… Chusovitina, who has a German passport since 2006, wants to start again for her native country, where her incredible career begun about a quarter of a century.

Her athletic goal is to retake the 2016 Olympics in Rio – the 7th time in a row!

related – GymNewstics – The Secrets behind Longevity in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics

I just love the way this girl moves. Her Floor is like a throwback to the great Soviet era.

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https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=396380580458522

Choreographer Rodica Demetrescu, former Romanian Rhythmic gymnast and choreographer of the Romanian team in 1992. She’s Francesca Deagostini’s coach.

Grazie Giu.

Uncle Tim’s posted … more videos. Too many more.

For example, check the Temple team featuring coach Fred Turoff with umbrella.

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CONGRATS to Lauren Ramirez of Chandler, Ariz./Gold Medal Gymnastics, who qualified at the Arizona Sunrays Classic Rock Invitational.

The field is now complete for the 2013 Nastia Liukin Cup, scheduled for March 1 at 7 p.m. at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass. This past weekend, the last five invitational competitions in the Nastia Liukin Cup Series were held and qualified the remaining eight gymnasts to the Nastia Liukin Cup. …

USAG

Lauren is coached by Amanda Borden-Cochran, a member of the 1996 gold-medal winning United States Olympic Team.

related – After Utah and Washington tied at 195.975, coaches David McCreary (Washington) and Greg Marsden (Utah) flew down to Phoenix for recruiting.

Florida, Oklahoma, Michigan | top 25 | BBS commentary
Zamarripa, Sloan, Hong | top 25

Cute.

Upcoming competition in the Netherlands.

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GymPOWER TV is the video channel for Dutch site GymPOWER.nl.

related – Coach Gerrit Beltman, most recently coaching at Calgary Gymnastics Centre in Canada, posted an apology, here translated:

AMSTERDAM – Coach Gerrit Beltman has … openly apologized to his former pupils of his training in the nineties.

“I was at that time a nasty and unpleasant man,” wrote Beltman response to the book and an interview with former gymnasts Simone Heitinga and Stasja Köhler, going about their negative experiences with the trainer told. “I am deeply ashamed of my behavior at the time. ” …

I recall well the tough coaching culture worldwide in the 1990s. Things are much better today.